The appeal for a higher (compensable) disability rating for bilateral hand scars is dismissed as the Veteran informed the Board in writing that he no longer pursues this issue on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the issue of a higher (compensable) disability rating for bilateral hand scars, indicating satisfaction with the March 18, 2024 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand scars
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25006705
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for functional abdominal pain syndrome, a headache disorder, dyspnea, left elbow disorder, left wrist disorder, right wrist disorder, left knee disorder, and right foot plantar fasciitis. The Board denied an initial compensable rating for verruca vulgaris and bilateral hand scars. The Board remanded the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal was denied for an earlier effective date of service connection. The initial ratings assigned for various disabilities were also denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in its discussion of the Veteran's claim for residuals of a bilateral hand injury and failure to consider evidence related to the right lower extremity disability. The issues are now pending before the Board again.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
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